Tag Archives: morality

The Creature With Two Brains!

Posted on September 30, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week When I was in high school, my science class went to see Griffith Park Observatory’s famous Planetarium Show. We leaned back and emitted a communal “Oooooo!” as the dome darkened and a giant tinkertoy projected the … Continue reading →

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Do the Right Thing

Posted on January 29, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Something has changed. For most of its first two centuries, my country benefited from a unifying code of values. Most married couples stayed together because it was the right thing to do. Most adults strove to … Continue reading →

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Free Your Free Will!

Posted on January 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” ~William Shakespeare Thought for the Week Are we free? Or is the ability to choose an illusion? And why is our understanding of this subject so dim? We … Continue reading →

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Are All Sins the Same?

Posted on November 7, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week It’s election week in my country, so it seemed an appropriate time to post this, although the point extends far beyond politics. Infinitely far, you might say. Are all sins the same? God seems to thinks … Continue reading →

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Gun Control vs. Self-Control

Posted on May 26, 2022 by mitchteemley

Two days ago, an 18-year-old murdered nineteen children and three adults in Texas – just ten days after another 18-year-old shot thirteen people, ten fatally, in Buffalo, NY. The New York shooter was a known racist, while the Texas shooter … Continue reading →

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To Judge or “Judge Not”

Posted on January 16, 2017 by mitchteemley

Part One of Two It was 7:00 p.m. on a Halloween night. Amidst a flurry 6 year old Frozen princesses and 13 year old Walking Dead, our perpetually late letter carrier showed up. My first thought was to drop a … Continue reading →

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